John Dixon
1) The point
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"What if you had a power you had to hide from everyone--until now? In this bold sci-fi action thriller, a secret training program at West Point is turning misfits into a new generation of heroes. Welcome to The Point, future leaders of the Posthuman Age. New cadets, society is not ready for you. The oldest, fiercest fear is ignorance. The general population would burn you at the metaphysical stake. Here, you will train alongside other posthumans....
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2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.
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Halloween will never be the same . . .
Halloween night, 1963, in De Pere, Wisconsin, and all is not well. Evelyn Schmidt's life is almost at an end. she has cancer and has been given only days to live, But she'll be damned if she'll go quietly, in the hospital or at home. She's heading for the Idle Hour to drink up a storm, whether her fellow drinkers want her there or not. Steve Omsted is only sixteen, but he feels his life might as well be over...
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The book is a detailed account of the fighting around Ypres during April and May 1915. It is essentially a day-by-day record of the Second Battle of Ypres which draws heavily upon personal accounts, regimental histories and war diaries to present a comprehensive study of the battle in which Germany became the first nation to use poisonous gas as a weapon. Each phrase of the battle (the Battle of Gravenstafel; the Battle of St. Julien; the Battle of...
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Was there a conservative Enlightenment? Could a self-proclaimed man of learning and progressive science also have been an agent of monarchy and reaction? Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776), an educated Scottish emigrant and powerful colonial politician, was at the forefront of American intellectual culture in the mid-eighteenth century. While living in rural New York, he recruited family, friends, servants, and slaves into multiple scientific ventures...
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HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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"A life-size baby doll who stalks its prey. A flesh-hungry ogre who jingle jangles when he walks. A haunted house just dying for a visitor. What do all these things have in common? In collaboration with the Horror Writers Association, New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Jonathan Maberry has compiled a gruesome collection of terrifying stories--in tribute to Alvin Schwartz's classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series--that...
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Eternal Warrior volume 48
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English
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At the height of WWII, Gilad is sent by the Geomancer on the unlikely mission of preserving the life of a Luftwaffe pilot during the Battle of Britain. Gilad will have his hands full keeping the R.A.F. at bay and preventing his patriotic charge from risking life and limb for the greater glory of the Fuhrer!
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Eternal Warrior volume 2
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English
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"Where Troubles Melt like Lemon Drops…"
Gilad recruits the Valiant Universe's greatest heroes to save all of existence--including himself! When all hope seems lost, Gilad recruits a future version of himself from the year 4001 A.D. Are two Eternal Warriors better than one? When you're in a land outside of time, anything is possible!
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Eternal Warrior volume 3
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English
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"Rise Up and Strive Again"
Gilad has returned from his time-bending battle determined to never fight again! Unfortunately, his brother, the immortal Armstrong, has a feud to settle!
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Eternal Warrior volume 5
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English
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"The Blood is the Life"
The Eternal Warrior joins forces with the nanite-powered mercenary known as Bloodshot! Project Rising Spirit is after Gilad and only Bloodshot can save him from their clutches!
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Eternal Warrior volume 1
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English
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In the dawn of history, two powerful immortals, Gilad and Aram, are born to a warrior tribe. The tribe is slain, and the brothers part, but the battles never cease for Gilad Anni-Padda, the Eternal Warrior. Gilad befriends the Geomancers, who warn of an approaching doom. In the present, Gilad "Abrams" knows that doom has arrived as Geoff, the Geomancer, whisks him away to the greatest battle of all time: the Unity Conflict!